This study examines the institutional and disciplinary contours of ESG-labeled social-science scholarship in Korea by analyzing 1541 peer-reviewed articles indexed in the Korea
Citation Index from 2009 to August 2025. Using TF/TF–IDF analysis, Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling, and keyword co-occurrence network analysis, it investigates [...]
In recent years, a growing form of evidence tied to criminal cases has been police body-worn camera (BWC) footage. In many jurisdictions, the majority of cases include BWC
evidence, though limited research examines how this evidence impacts prosecutorial decision-making and case outcomes. [...]
This study was conducted to explore the sources, compatibility, and distribution pattern of toxic trace elements (TTEs) in soil and vegetables of Swat and Lahore and their
health compatibility. The samples of food crops and soil from two cities (Lahore and Swat) were collected and analyzed through Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). [...]
Bangladesh is expected to graduate from the least developed country (LDC) category and become classified as a developing country in the later part of 2026. This transition
will make Bangladesh ineligible for the waiver in relation to the pharmaceutical patents under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights [...]
This article examines Colombia's 2024 compulsory license for Dolutegravir, an HIV medication. The objective is to underscore how patent assetization informed the legal argumentation
contesting the compulsory license. To this end, the article connects the dots between the characterization of patents as assets, discussions on patent valuation, [...]
Offenders target locations that maximize gains and minimize risks, and these are often tied to the built environment and neighborhood social structural characteristics. But
gendered routine activities and differential assessments of risk also likely influence where men and women offend and how far they will travel to get there. [...]
Abstract This article introduces a novel analytical framework for understanding structural differences in data protection regimes: ‘operator-first architecture’, which
focuses on organizational boundaries between entities and is exemplified by Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information, versus ‘operation-first architecture,’ [...]
Written by Agnieszka Widuto The Commission published the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) legislative proposal on 4 March 2026. Its aim is to strengthen EU competitiveness
and industrial resilience in the face of global pressures. The IAA would set a target to increase the share of all industrial manufacturing to 20 % of EU GDP by 2035 [...]
